Having a great landscape design can be a great way of enhancing the beauty of your home. However, what many people fail to understand is that apart from enhancing beauty, a real landscape increases the value of your home. As such, working with a san diego drought landscaping leads to a nice landscape can also help you realize the following benefits. X It preserves a natural feel, protects the environment, and enhance visual appeal. That said here are a few home landscaping ideas that you may consider. As the name suggests, floral greetings encompass planting house with gardencolored flowers along…
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Flower beds, patio gardens, and planters undoubtedly add appeal to any home and make for some really fun hobbies. But sometimes you just don’t have the space, or you might prefer to spend your time inside where the elements (and bugs!) can’t really get to you. In these instances, you can never go wrong with adding a few indoor garden ideas to your home. X Lucky for you, the options for indoor gardens are never ending. You can cultivate your own indoor lemon tree, start a delicious herb garden, grow a living wall—or, if you’d rather start simple, try nurturing…
St Theodora’s tiny chapel in Central Peloponese, Greece, is definitely a miracle of nature, and for the believers, a sign of God’s might. Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of the Church of Agia Theodora without any visual evidence of roots. Image credit: Atlas Obscura Considered as one of the most beautiful and unique churches in the world, and registered in the Guinness Book as “miracle church,” Agia Theodora Vasta is a small 11th or 12th century Byzantine church that has 17 holly and maple trees growing from its roof. What’s even more interesting about these trees,…
These birds turn trees into huge acorn stores. The woodpecker is one of the hardest working bird. Image credit: Ingrid Taylar Unlike other woodpeckers, which peck insects out of trees, the acorn woodpecker has a completely different way of getting by. Hoarding food for winter is definitely not unheard of among birds, but the acorn woodpecker’s habit of thoughtfully drilling holes in trees and placing hundreds of acorns in them is quite unique. Its complex feeding and (sometimes dramatic) social behavior make this busy hoarder probably one of the most interesting birds out there. Besides impressive hoarding habits, acorn woodpeckers…
No, that’s not a little mountain, but a big tree. Image credit: Eréndira Rodríguez What’s the biggest tree in the world? General Sherman is certainly at the top of contenders, but then look at this. In the depths of Colombia’s Caribbean region, there is a tree some mistakenly call ‘The Tree of Guacarí’, which was another enormous tree in the same area, rather similar in looks to the tree we are presenting now. That tree, otherwise called the Samán of Guacarí, used to feature on Colombian 500 peso coins in the 90s. It was a Samanea saman, also sometimes known…
This gravity-defying fig tree in the ancient ruins of a Roman villa continues to grow downwards year after year, even bearing figs. This fig tree has been growing in an unusual way. Image credit: Crescendo104 & Gianfranco Vitolo Baiae was an ancient Roman town located on the northwest shore of the Guld of Naples, in Phlegraenan Fields, which is an active volcanic area. The ancient town was a notorious resort for the wealthiest aristocrats of Rome. Even emperors, such as Julius Caesar, Nero, and Caligula had villas in the luxurious town. For centuries, especially around the fall of the Roman…
Chilean scientists have identified a four-metre-thick Patagonian cypress known as the Great-Grandfather to be the world’s oldest living tree, beating the current record-holder by over 600 years. Image credit: Alerce Milenario In a study of the coniferous tree, also known as Alerce Milenario in Spanish, Jonathan Barichivich, a Chilean scientist at the Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory in Paris, found that the tree could be as old as 5,484 years, at least 600 years older than the former contender. According to The Guardian, Maisa Rojas, Chile’s environment minister and a member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, called…
In Finland temperature gets as low as -40°C (-40°F) in winter, and in such weather trees get covered in so much snow and frost that it makes the landscape look as if it was from another planet. Photo: Niccolo Bonfadini The Northern part of Finland is mostly covered by the Boreal forest, the largest territorial biome in the world, which freezes for about 6 months of the year. It’s so cold there that forest trees actually freeze to look like ice sculptures, creating an otherworldly sight. The long towering pieces of ice, plastered against the backdrop of blankets of white,…
Work, study, financial responsibilities, or raising children all require giving yourself a break to dedicate a couple of minutes to your tranquility and peace of mind. Creating a chill out corner at home, in this sense, is the best thing you can do to cope with your problems. First of all, what is a chill out space? This increasingly trendy term is just a reference to a specific area for rest and relaxation. It’s a relaxation area where we can be at ease without anything or anyone disturbing us, or at least trying to. X The best part of having…
Summer house ideas are a fabulous way to make the most of the warmer months. A pretty garden structure that’s personalised to your style and needs. When it comes to garden buildings, we often think of sheds. True, shed ideas can be stylish, but they’re predominantly functional spaces for keeping tools safe. Summer houses, on the other hand, are all about relaxation as opposed to garden chores. X Of course, they’re still versatile when it comes to how you use them. From a trendy retreat for socialising to a cosy reading corner, they can be transformed into whatever takes your…
Slope Point, the southernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand, is a truly unique place. Due to the strong Antarctic winds, the trees here stretch sideways rather than upwards. Image credit: Seabird NZ At Slope Point, which lies approximately 24 kms from the small settlement of Waikawa, cold air whirls around the Antarctic Ocean uninterrupted, making the winds so fierce when they smash themselves onto this exposed coastal area that the trees here are perpetually warped and grow in an almost horizontal manner, reminiscent of a weird hairdo. These tough, enduring shrubs were planted here by sheep farmers…
The Iranian village of Masuleh is carved into the side of a mountain, where roofs serve as streets. Image credit: Tourism Iran Situated along the Silk Road, in Iran’s Gilan province, the village of Masuleh is one of Iran’s most picturesque location filled with lush greenery and houses that are towered up into billowing mist, stacked as high as possible due to the tough living conditions caused by flooding, strong winds and cold temperatures experienced on lower grounds. Designed with the unique local climate in mind, the houses in the steep mountainside village are painted bright yellow to ensure that…
A species of palm tree is perhaps the only mobile tree on this planet. Image source: Reddit Socratea Exorrhiza, a tree that grows in a remote part of Ecuador can, reportedly, walk – yupp, like Ents do in The Lord of the Rings. OK, these leafy giants might not be able to wage war on the forces of Isengard, but they definitely have a thing or two in common with their fictitious counterparts, apart from their size. Their complicated system of roots is thought to serve as legs, helping the tree constantly move towards sunlight as the seasons change. Apparently,…
Watch as an alpine salamander grows from a single cell. mage credit: Jan van IJken/Youtube Dutch director Jan van IJken has produced a captivating short film titled ‘Becoming’ that portrays the entire embryonic growth of an alpine newt in about six minutes, compressing a process that normally takes about three weeks. The film commences by illustrating the fundamental process of embryogenesis, where a single cell of the newt divides and multiplies into several cells. “We see the ‘making of’ a salamander in its transparent egg from fertilization to hatching,” according to IJken’s website. “The first stages of embryonic development are…
Hello, today we will take you guys to see this beautiful gable roof house 420 SF ADU located on a corner plot in the King neighborhood in NE Portland. It’s a prominent former grocery store. That’s why they work to create outstanding designs. In case anyone is looking for inspiration to decorate the house or renovate the house. Let’s check it out and bring the ideas back to use. Let me tell you that the house shown today is definitely cool. You won’t be disappointed. Credit: Asmund Tweto X . . . . . . . . . . .…
We have included ideas for decorating a loft style home. Cool gray bare cement that are unique and suitable for all tastes will be able to adjust to match any style of decoration with him, such as Loft style from all over the world here Let all the lovely children of the page bring their ideas to use. to suit your style Both modern design concepts as well as meticulous construction details and decorations that suit everyone Saw it and had to cry Even the look and shape of the house is the top priority that many people take into…
The benefits of being in nature abound. When we get closer to it – be it untouched wilderness or a backyard tree – we do our brains and bodies a favor. This is true for all ages and walks of life; the outdoors offers one of the most reliable boosts to our mental and physical well-being. In fact, studies show that what you see, hear, and experience in your environment changes not only your mood, but how your nervous, endocrine, and immune systems work as well. X Stress reduction is one of the most well-known benefits of being in nature.…
It’s no surprise that the population and house prices are continuously rising. And even though lots of people (including professionals like Interior Designers / Decorators) keep coming up with ways to free up extra legroom, sometimes the best way is to simply downgrade your living quarters and make do with a smaller home. We understand that “small living” will change depending on different people’s perspectives, but generally it refers to a living abode that offers only a crucial amount of legroom as opposed to heaps and heaps of available space. X But cheer up, for it is not all doom…
Who lives in a detached house or townhouse and is looking for front door ideas? We have therefore selected and compiled various designs for your friends to see because in addition to the gate, the fence will be useful in providing security to the house. Having a beautiful and chic fence is something that decorates the house to make it beautiful and eye-catching to the onlookers. because it is the first fortification that people will see before the house Will there be any kind that is beautiful, like friends? Some of them are invited to follow and watch. Source: pinterest,…
Skylights have been utilized in architecture for centuries. Even the ancient Romans sought to add more natural light to their buildings by using skylights. The main reason people choose to add skylights to their home or office is for the natural sunlight. Reducing exposure to artificial light while increasing natural sunlight has a number of positive effects, such as boosting vitamin D, X Which is essential to overall health and wellness, improving sleep and productivity, and more. If you are looking to have a happier home, a skylight can be a great addition. Aside from working wonders on your physical…
Architects: Ho Khue Architects Area : 300 sq m. Year : 2019 Photo: Hiroyuki Oki The Concrete House 01 is a 4-storey house with a plot area of 5 m x 16 m. The site is located in Son Tra near Da Nang beach. Growing tourism in the city has enabled the growth of hospitality high-rises which has led to low-density structures deteriorating faster than regional structures. X These changes are creating topographical changes creating imbalanced soil and high salinity levels in air and land. Therefore, a complete concrete solution for the house is considered to cope with the regional…
Narrow side of the house quite close to at least one of the boundary fences. This creates a narrow corridor which gets no light most of the time, and then full sun for a few hours a day. The result is usually a dirt passage or an area with patchy grass and weed cover. No one wants an entire section of their garden to be a waste land and it doesn’t need to be. Landscaping the narrow side of a home, turning these forgotten places into a mini oasis is the best idea. X The most important part of most…
A new wave of urchinwear. These guys look like ZZ Top. Image credit: VanillaBean5813 Sea urchins are among the most widespread and prevalent echinoderms in the ocean, with 950 species inhabiting seabeds. They are commonly referred to as “porcupines of the sea” due to their lengthy spikes, which act as a deterrent to predators. Despite this, sea urchins have a tendency to camouflage themselves with materials such as stones, shells, and rocks, and even don tiny hats, if they are given a chance. Yes, some creative aquarists came up with the idea to 3D print top hats, cowboy hats, fedoras…
There are only between 15 and 17 red wolves remaining in the wild, so this is excellent news. Red wolf pups. Image credit: Ryan Nordsven/USFWS In a welcome turn of events, red wolf pups have been spotted at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The rare, newly captured footage of red wolves on a playful evening adventure was shared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. According to officials, the newly born pups are the first ones to be seen in the wild since 2018. Although only five of them were captured on camera, biologists have confirmed that…